We're trying to wean ourselves off watching too much television.
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wean from — ˌwean ˈoff ˌwean ˈfrom [present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off … Useful english dictionary
wean from/off — [phrasal verb] wean (someone or something) from/off (something) : to make (someone or something) stop doing or using (something) efforts to wean the country from its dependence on foreign oil I m gradually weaning myself off cigarettes … Useful english dictionary
wean off — ˌwean ˈoff ˌwean ˈfrom [present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off present participle … Useful english dictionary
wean — v. 1) (D; tr.) to wean from (to wean a calf from its mother) 2) (misc.) to wean smb. away from bad company * * * [wiːn] (misc.) to wean smb. away from bad company (D; tr.) to wean from (to wean a calf from its mother) … Combinatory dictionary
wean off — phrasal verb wean off or wean from Word forms wean off : present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off present participle weaning off past tense weaned off past participle weaned off wean someone off something to make someone gradually … English dictionary
wean — Synonyms and related words: alien, alienate, blunt, break of, bring over, chill, convince, cool, cure, damp, dampen, deflect, deter, disaccustom, disaffect, discourage, disincline, disinterest, distract, disunify, disunite, divert, evangelize,… … Moby Thesaurus
Wean — Wean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaning}.] [OE. wenen, AS. wenian, wennan, to accustom; akin to D. wennen, G. gew[ o]hnen, OHG. giwennan, Icel. venja, Sw. v[ a]nja, Dan. v[ae]nne, Icel. vanr accustomed, wont; cf. AS.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wean — [wi:n] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: wenian] to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal on its mother s milk and start giving it ordinary food wean sb onto sth ▪ It s time to start weaning her onto solid foods. wean off/from [wean sb… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wean on — ˈwean on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they wean on he/she/it weans on present participle weaning on past tense weaned on past partic … Useful english dictionary
wean — O.E. wenian to accustom, from P.Gmc. *wanjanan (Cf. O.N. venja, Du. wennen, O.H.G. giwennan, Ger. gewöhnen to accustom ), from *wanaz accustomed (related to WONT (Cf. wont)). The sense of weaning a child from the breast in O.E. was generally… … Etymology dictionary
